Iphigénie

Jean Racine’s Iphigénie in the outdoor setting of a royal fête at Versailles is an adaptation of Euripides’ play, but with a love plot and a happy ending. Euripides was also the inspiration for Jean Moréas’s verse play Iphigénie à Aulide.

…the same general subject, Racine’s Iphigénie (first performed 1674, published 1675) was a resounding success that confirmed him as the dominant figure in French theatre. It is an adaptation of Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides, about the prospective sacrifice of Iphigenia by her father Agamemnon. Unlike Euripides, Racine allows Iphigenia…